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Sunday 29 November 2015

Autumn Swap Yarn

After I found out I was pregnant with Cassie I joined a Due Date group on Ravelry and became friends with the most wonderful group of ladies I can imagine.  I love that we are all still chatting regularly, supporting each other through the ups and downs of motherhood.  Every now and again we have a swap, sometimes we knit hats for the kids and sometimes we like to treat each other with yarn and candy.  A few weeks ago I posted about the package I’d received from lovely Gio in Switzerland (she has just welcomed her third beautiful baby boy, congrats Gio!) and I can now reveal what I sent to Dawn in the US now that it has definitely arrived.


Because Dawn arranged this swap she knew that her package would be coming from me so I tried to make up for that by sending her something really special.  Seeing as I was on a bit of a spinning kick it seemed entirely right to spin her some yarn of her very own.  I wanted to spin up 200g, because experience has taught me that 100g very often yields a skein of yarn with and unhelpfully small yardage and a quick nose through my stash turned up nothing helpful so I hit Etsy for inspiration.  My old favourite Nunoco didn’t disappoint and I soon had a 2 braids of their chromatops, in Azzuro and Fandango, winging their way to me.  My plan was to split each braid into thirds for a 3ply and then swap one strand of each colour to get a pair of coordinating yarns.  Here's a quick and dirty representation I did before I decided to go ahead.



Of course I wasn’t sure if this would work as nicely as I imagined it, but I’m really pleased with the outcome.  The fibre was an absolute pleasure to spin and the colours are so bright and lovely that I’m beginning to wish I hadn’t resisted the urge to get some for myself!  The yarn itself is a soft and smooth sport weight and each skein has a pretty generous yardage.  I can’t wait to see what it becomes.


To accompany the yarn I sent some of my favourite treats that I’m hoping aren’t too widely available elsewhere. I forgot to get a picture of those before I sent them but they were all lucky to make it into the envelope without me eating them!

I had great fun putting this parcel together and I'm really proud of the yarn, in fact i'm thinking of spinning something similar for myself quite soon.



Wednesday 4 November 2015

Lion Bonnet photos

Rather miraculously, after previously refusing to allow it to even touch her head, Felicity actually wore her Tiny Roar Lion Bonnet for the entire duration of the school run yesterday. When we got home she was very clear that she had no intention of going inside without a fight so I took advantage of the situation and did a little photoshoot on the doorstep. I had a terrible time choosing which pictures I liked the best so here's the lot. I would apologise for the total Lissy overload but I won't because I think she's just the cutest!

I'm really hoping that this means she loves her hat as much as I do now. I'm a total sucker for little clothes with animal ears on so I really get a kick out of having a little lion around.

 

Pattern: Tiny Roars Lion Bonnet by Mimi Codd. Yarn: DROPS Cotton Merino in Yellow and Cygnet Wool Rich Aran in Brown.